1. Winners of South Africa professional League
2. Winners of South Africa professional Cup
3. Number of titles

LEGEND

LIG = Champions of National League
(1971-2018) NPSL/NSL/PSL championships

* The NFL was the traditional 'white' league, which folded in 1977. In the
1960s, a 'black' league, the NPSL was formed, which established a national
professional league in 1970 after previous unsuccessful attempts (various
regional league were organised before). Also in the 1960s, the 'coloured'
and Indian communities set up the SASL, which did not last very long and was
succeeded by the FPL at the end of the decade. When the NFL folded, most of
its clubs joined the NPSL, though some (like Durban City) preferred joining
the FPL until realising the crowds were elsewhere. In 1984, a rival NPSL
split off following boardroom politics, upon which the major federation
continued as NSL. The 'new' NPSL soon fizzled out, and the NSL also 'swallowed'
the rival FPL in 1991. In 1996 the NSL changed into the PSL, when adopting
the English August-May 'calendar'.